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Mari's avatar

It wasn't nihilism. It was the emergence of common sense. It was ripping the veil off phony "conservative" Republicans and "moderate" Republicans--as well as "moderate" Biden. It has mobilized people and mobilized the security state as well. Look at free speech. Look at censorship. Anyone who understands the constitution understands the importance of free speech and open platforms. The media's reputation was destroyed because of Trump--that alone is an accomplishment. New voices emerged. This is nihilism. Trump accomplished an important mission. He made people see how the corporate class was in league with the uniparty outsourcing jobs and manufacturing to China. He opened many people's eyes to institutionalized corruption at all levels.

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A seminal moment that's been building for 30+ years - the silent anguish of millions of Americans who blamed themselves for the declining standard of living, having NOTHING to pass on an instead becoming a burden to their own kids (much like generatons prior to FDR's successful Social Security - for the first 50+ years)---people who now KNOW they are not to blame but have been screwed by the likes of Clinton/Obama/Biden and Bush/Cheney/the Mittster/McGoofy---and are back to the healthy kind of populist movement that can effect change - every bit as alive and effective as the Poor People's Campaign with MLK when race wasn''t about crony capitalism nor revenge - but - oppertunity.

Steve Bannon calls it a 'fourth turning' and comparable to Cotton Mather's GREAT AWAKENING - a piviotal movement to propel our eventual declared independence (a minority of Americans who did this and likewise fought the British to win it)

The more we let these Democrats under Biden do what they believe they can force through the more people will forget about Trump and his showmanship or social media manipulations - and instead compare and contrast his winning policies against the garbage coming out of these self-dealing elites in DC....

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